Susan Stoddard

Sue Stoddard, curriculum coordinator at the Bear Creek Charter School, says homeowners already have , or can dig up from the attic , lots of items that can help.An analog clock, which has numbers in a circle and two hands to tell time, can be used.Parents can remind children that bath time is at 7 p.m., when the small hand is on the seven and the big hand is on the 12.

Or they can get the most from simple items, such as a ball tossed back and forth, counting 1-2-3 as it is tossed, or encouraging older children to keep a diary or a journal.

"Helping kids learn through real life is so much easier than ,memorize this,' " Stoddard says.
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"Parents will say their child only will read comic books or books about NASCAR, and they are so surprised when we say it is OK to let them grab what they are interested in," Stoddard says.

Susan StoddardProgram FacilitatorPhone: 570-820-4070 ext. 316